Patents by Inventor Akihiro Minami
Akihiro Minami has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11486800Abstract: A sample dispersing device contains a container inside of which a dispersal chamber where a power sample is dispersed is formed, and an introducing mechanism that introduces a gas containing the powder sample from the outside of the container into the dispersal chamber based on a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the container. The introducing mechanism contains an introduction pipe where the gas containing the powder sample flows, and several restrictors arranged in the introduction pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Nagura, Kazuma Aoyagi, Akihiro Minami, Hiroshi Tateno, Tomoya Shimizu, Kusuo Ueno
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Publication number: 20210088423Abstract: A sample dispersing device contains a container inside of which a dispersal chamber where a power sample is dispersed is formed, and an introducing mechanism that introduces a gas containing the powder sample from the outside of the container into the dispersal chamber based on a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the container. The introducing mechanism contains an introduction pipe where the gas containing the powder sample flows, and several restrictors arranged in the introduction pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Makoto NAGURA, Kazuma AOYAGI, Akihiro MINAMI, Hiroshi TATENO, Tomoya SHIMIZU, Kusuo UENO
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Patent number: 9412293Abstract: The present invention has a comparing unit that compares each of image signals in a first clock period with a corresponding one of the image signals in a second clock period subsequent to the first clock period, and a cancelling unit that causes each of the image signals in the second clock period to be cancelled in the case where a comparison result from the comparing unit indicates that each of the image signals in the first clock period agrees with the corresponding one of the image signals in the second clock period.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro Minami
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Publication number: 20140320463Abstract: The present invention has a comparing unit that compares each of image signals in a first clock period with corresponding one of the image signals in a second clock period subsequent to the first clock period, and a cancelling unit that causes each of the image signals in the second clock period to be cancelled in the case where a comparison result from the comparing unit indicates that each of the image signals in the first clock period agrees with corresponding one of the image signals in the second clock period.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Akihiro MINAMI
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Patent number: 8823626Abstract: In a plurality of source drivers, a unit start pulse inputted/outputted to/from the source drivers is cascaded between an ante-stage source driver and a post-stage source driver, a horizontal start pulse outputted from a timing controller is inputted to a first-stage source driver, and the duty ratio of a vertical clock is controlled by one of the plurality of cascaded unit start pulses. In a matrix display device, it is thereby possible to provide a timing controller having a simple circuit configuration which needs no counter circuit for generating a vertical clock to be outputted to a gate driver.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Akihiro Minami
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Publication number: 20120113090Abstract: In a plurality of source drivers, a unit start pulse inputted/outputted to/from the source drivers is cascaded between an ante-stage source driver and a post-stage source driver, a horizontal start pulse outputted from a timing controller is inputted to a first-stage source driver, and the duty ratio of a vertical clock is controlled by one of the plurality of cascaded unit start pulses. In a matrix display device, it is thereby possible to provide a timing controller having a simple circuit configuration which needs no counter circuit for generating a vertical clock to be outputted to a gate driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro MINAMI
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Patent number: 7773083Abstract: An active matrix display device includes: a plurality of pixels that are disposed in a matrix; a plurality of image signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective columns of the pixels; a plurality of scanning signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective rows of the pixels; an image signal line driving unit that supplies image signals for driving the pixels to the image signal lines; and a timing control circuit that transmits an image display control signal to the image signal line driving unit with a predetermined cycle even during a vertical blanking period. The timing control circuit performs a control operation allows the image signal line driving unit to intermit a read operation of image display data during the first period that is defined within the vertical blanking period and that includes at least a second half of the vertical blanking period.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Akihiro Minami
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Patent number: 7612789Abstract: It is an object to provide a timing controller and an image display device which are capable of recognizing the resolution of a display panel with a simple structure. Image signal line driving devices include integrated plural driving circuits which are connected to one another in a cascade manner. Further, the image signal line driving devices are also connected to one another in a cascade manner. A timing controller transmits a horizontal start pulse to the image signal line driving device, then receives the returned horizontal start pulse returned thereto after being circulated through the driving circuits included in the image signal line driving devices and determines the resolution (the number of pixels) in the horizontal direction of the liquid crystal display panel based on the interval between the transmission and the reception of the start pulse.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Akihiro Minami
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Patent number: 7554534Abstract: A noise elimination circuit that eliminates a noise of a display control signal of a matrix display device, includes a rising edge detection circuit unit that detects a rising edge of a signal for eliminating a noise, a counter that performs a count operation during a predefined period of time, an initialization circuit unit that generates an initialization signal of the counter, a count enable circuit unit that generates a count allowance signal of the counter, and an initial state detection circuit unit that detects whether or not the counter is in an initial state. The counter starts the count operation from an initial value in response to a rising edge detection by the rising edge detection circuit unit. The counter is initialized again after the count operation during the predefined period of time is completed. An initial state detection signal by the initial state detection circuit unit becomes a signal from which a noise is eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jiro Takaki, Kazuhiro Ishiguchi, Akihiro Minami
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Publication number: 20070165127Abstract: An active matrix display device includes: a plurality of pixels that are disposed in a matrix; a plurality of image signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective columns of the pixels; a plurality of scanning signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective rows of the pixels; an image signal line driving unit that supplies image signals for driving the pixels to the image signal lines; and a timing control circuit that transmits an image display control signal to the image signal line driving unit with a predetermined cycle even during a vertical blanking period. The timing control circuit performs a control operation allows the image signal line driving unit to intermit a read operation of image display data during the first period that is defined within the vertical blanking period and that includes at least a second half of the vertical blanking period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2007Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro Minami
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Publication number: 20070030232Abstract: It is an object to provide a timing controller and an image display device which are capable of recognizing the resolution of a display panel with a simple structure. Image signal line driving devices include integrated plural driving circuits which are connected to one another in a cascade manner. Further, the image signal line driving devices are also connected to one another in a cascade manner. A timing controller transmits a horizontal start pulse to the image signal line driving device, then receives the returned horizontal start pulse returned thereto after being circulated through the driving circuits included in the image signal line driving devices and determines the resolution (the number of pixels) in the horizontal direction of the liquid crystal display panel based on the interval between the transmission and the reception of the start pulse.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro MINAMI
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Publication number: 20070018932Abstract: A noise elimination circuit that eliminates a noise of a display control signal of a matrix display device, includes a rising edge detection circuit unit that detects a rising edge of a signal for eliminating a noise, a counter that performs a count operation during a predefined period of time, an initialization circuit unit that generates an initialization signal of the counter, a count enable circuit unit that generates a count allowance signal of the counter, and an initial state detection circuit unit that detects whether or not the counter is in an initial state. The counter starts the count operation from an initial value in response to a rising edge detection by the rising edge detection circuit unit. The counter is initialized again after the count operation during the predefined period of time is completed. An initial state detection signal by the initial state detection circuit unit becomes a signal from which a noise is eliminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jiro Takaki, Kazuhiro Ishiguchi, Akihiro Minami
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Patent number: 7102607Abstract: A liquid crystal driving device that supplies control signals including at least a polarity inversion signal for AC driving to an image signal line driving circuit, the polarity inversion signal includes polarity inversion pulses varied periodically at a prescribed period even in vertical blanking intervals. The last polarity inversion pulses at the last cycles in each of vertical blanking intervals are deleted.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Advanced DisplayInventor: Akihiro Minami
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Patent number: 7075509Abstract: A control circuit can prevent malfunction of a scan line driving circuit even when any inputted signal is not in normal timing relation due to any cause. The control circuit includes: a counter 11 for counting up to a predetermined count number based on a clock inputted; a comparator arranged at the subsequent stage of the counter to determine whether or not the counter is under counting; and a protection circuit arranged at subsequent stage of the comparator 12 for normalizing a start pulse that starts operation of the scan line driving circuit, even when any input signal of a timing controller is abnormal, by outputting a normalized start pulse 19 via AND gate 18 to which a start pulse 13 generated by the timing controller and an output signal 16 of the comparator 12 are inputted.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2003Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Advanced Display Inc.Inventor: Akihiro Minami
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Publication number: 20060132422Abstract: In a 2H reverse driving method or the like as a driving method for a liquid crystal display, it is set that a time period from the time when the polarity of a data signal is reversed to the time when a gate selection signal is turned off should be equal to a period while a gate selection signal is in an ON period, and a period from the time when the gate selection signal is turned off to the time when the data signal is changed to a data output corresponding to a pixel selected by the gate selection signal is set equal to or shorter than a period from the time when the gate selection signal is turned off to the time when the polarity of the data signal is reversed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Teragaki, Kunifumi Nakanishi, Akihiro Minami
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Publication number: 20040070580Abstract: A control circuit can prevent malfunction of a scan line driving circuit even when any inputted signal is not in normal timing relation due to any cause. The control circuit includes: a counter 11 for counting up to a predetermined count number based on a clock inputted; a comparator arranged at the subsequent stage of the counter to determine whether or not the counter is under counting; and a protection circuit arranged at subsequent stage of the comparator 12 for normalizing a start pulse that starts operation of the scan line driving circuit, even when any input signal of a timing controller is abnormal, by outputting a normalized start pulse 19 via AND gate 18 to which a start pulse 13 generated by the timing controller and an output signal 16 of the comparator 12 are inputted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Applicant: ADVANCED DISPLAY INC.Inventor: Akihiro Minami
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Publication number: 20030098838Abstract: A liquid crystal driving device that supplies control signals including at least a polarity inversion signal for AC driving to an image signal line driving circuit, the polarity inversion signal includes polarity inversion pulses varied periodically at a prescribed period even in vertical blanking intervals. The last polarity inversion pulses at the last cycles in each of vertical blanking intervals are deleted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventor: Akihiro Minami
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Patent number: 4621280Abstract: The digital chromakey system filters out a color signal from a first digital color-television signal and produces a chromakey signal which is combined with the first digital color-television signal to cancel out the color portion. The chromakey signal is also combined with a second color-television signal so that the second color television signal can be inserted into the first color-television signal whose color portion was cancelled.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1985Date of Patent: November 4, 1986Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Nobutaka Shinohara, Akihiro Minami, Shuji Hirakawa